From c4279c1f37b3eeae75f9f92ab2849399b039acc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon McVittie Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 13:43:17 +0000 Subject: NEWS --- NEWS | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 32719970..4abf1345 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -6,6 +6,16 @@ Dependencies: • dbus-daemon and dbus-daemon-launch-helper now require libdbus. They were previously linked to a static version of libdbus. +• The tests no longer require dbus-glib in order to exercise the libdbus + shared library; they are always linked to libdbus now. + +Build-time configuration: + +• The new --enable-user-session option, off by default, can be enabled + by OS integrators intending to use systemd to provide a session bus + per user (in effect, treating all concurrent graphical and non-graphical + login sessions as one large session) + Enhancements: • All executables are now linked dynamically to libdbus. @@ -16,7 +26,26 @@ Enhancements: All public symbols (visible in the header files) are currently versioned as LIBDBUS_1_3; private symbols starting with _dbus or dbus_internal have a version that changes with each release, and - must not be used by applications. (also part of fd.o #83115) + must not be used by applications. (also fd.o #83115) + +• New listenable address mode "unix:runtime=yes" which listens on + a real filesystem (non-abstract) socket $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/bus + (fd.o #61303; Colin Walters, Alexander Larsson, Simon McVittie) + +• Add optional systemd units for a per-user bus listening on + $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/bus (fd.o #61301; Simon McVittie, Colin Walters) + +• On Unix platforms, both libdbus and "dbus-launch --autolaunch" + default to connecting to $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/bus if it is a socket + (also fd.o #61301) + +• New dbus-update-activation-environment tool uploads environment + variables to "dbus-daemon --session" and optionally "systemd --user", + primarily as a way to keep the per-user bus compatible with + distributions' existing X11 login scripts (also fd.o #61301) + +• Add microsecond-resolution timestamps to the default output of + dbus-monitor and dbus-send (fd.o #88896; Ralf Habacker, Simon McVittie) D-Bus 1.9.12 (2015-02-19) == -- cgit v1.2.1